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Community What The NFL Players Refusing A Trip To Israel Can Learn From Muhammad Ali
On February 5, 2017 the Times of Israel published a piece discussing an upcoming “Stars of the NFL trip” to Israel, organized apparently by Israel’s Ministry of Tourism, to include a number of NFL stars, among them, Michael Bennett, a star defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks. Shortly after the publication of this article, the…
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Fast Forward In a Rare Fumble, Sheldon Adelson Pulls Out of Raider’s Stadium Deal
Sheldon Adelson is winning at the game of politics, as demonstrated by his front-row seat at President Trump’s inauguration ceremony, but he’s suffered a rare defeat in the world of sport. Stung by his exclusion from the planning process to build a new stadium that would bring football to Las Vegas, the casino mogul has…
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Breaking News Sheldon Adelson Scores Touchdown as Nevada Approves $750M Football Stadium Deal
Sheldon Adelson, the Jewish casino billionaire and political donor extraordinaire, has an unlikely benefactor – the citizens of Nevada. As part of a consortium of investors relocating the Oakland Raiders to the nation’s gambling capital, Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands company helped push through the state legislature $750 million in public funding to build a football…
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Life Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s “Dumb” Remark About NFL Players’ Protest
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has, alas, said something disappointing. She told Yahoo’s Katie Couric that she finds football player Colin Kaepernick and others’ refusal to stand for the national anthem was “really dumb.” Ginsburg added that she believes the protest should be legal, but the criticism of what is, after all, a peaceful…
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News The NFL’s Brothers Schwartz Tackle Their Jewish Upbringing In A New Memoir
The giant, Jewish, professional-football playing brothers Geoff and Mitch Schwartz are publishing a memoir: Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith. They have been in the NFL at the same time since the 2012 season, and have played against each other a few times. They were raised in a Conservative…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Support Colin Kaepernick’s Brave National Anthem Protest
San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick made waves this week by declining to stand during the national anthem at a pre-season game. Kaepernick, who has sat out the national anthem during at least one previous pre-season game, has faced backlash from those who see the refusal to stand as unpatriotic, disrespectful, and worse — specifically, that…
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Breaking News Sheldon Adelson in Talks To Build Stadium for ‘Vegas Raiders’
Sheldon Adelson met with the owner of the Oakland Raiders team owner to discuss the casino mogul’s plan to build a billion-dollar stadium for the NFL team and move them from Oakland, Calif. to Sin City. On Friday, the same day of the meeting, Mark Davis also toured the site of Adelson’s proposed 65,000-seat stadium…
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Breaking News Ali Marpet Makes Splash as Tampa Bay Buccaneers Take Jewish Lineman in Second Round
(JTA) — When Alexander “Ali” Marpet and Jake Fuerst went on a camel ride during a Birthright trip to Israel last summer, the animal brayed loudly in displeasure at the 467 pounds of young men perched on its back. Most of the camel’s agony could be blamed on the 6-foot-4, 307-pound Marpet, who was overseas on…
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